Seem to be quite a few of those about Obs. I think people get paid piece-rate to get business names 'out there' and there's not a lot of scrutiny ... it's usually being done by people working from home for agencies.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@greenfingers steve I have toyed with the idea of using the compost from the local Council.....as I will need a tremendous amount to do my front garden. I bought 10 tonnes last year which gave me the dreaded horsetail and a.n.other perennial weed. I would have thought that the heat would kill the seeds of perennials??
Hi Mary Horsetail will still survive in a compost heap so it needs destroying by other means. Touch wood, I have never had it in my garden. But that's the problem with council compost as it does not go through the rigid processes that other composts should go through. As far as I am aware it's just thrown all together and normally offered to council allottment holders
Be super organised and divide into piles for shredding, composting etc.
I went to visit our local waste plant last year and saw how garden waste was turned into compost and now I wouldn't touch it. Our stuff is full of plastic as the garden waste given to the council is full of plastic and there is no way of getting it out, except by hand picking at the plant. Ours is not left long enough. It may not get hot enough. Good composting (I think) is a bit of an art and takes careful curation. I'm not sure many councils are that interested in careful curation.
Be super organised and divide into piles for shredding, composting etc.
Very good Mr J, do you use use rain water in your washing machine. It’s a bit time consuming as you have to stand there with watering cans, but saves on the water rate bill. Good for hair washing as well. in the drought of 75, we saved all the water from our bath and Washing machine, the grass was beautiful, really dark green and lush. I still use bath water for tubs and baskets.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Be super organised and divide into piles for shredding, composting etc.
I have fixed up a siphon & hose system to take grey water form my bath (on the first floor) to the flower beds. Much fun to set up and it works really well in the summer.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Horsetail will still survive in a compost heap so it needs destroying by other means. Touch wood, I have never had it in my garden. But that's the problem with council compost as it does not go through the rigid processes that other composts should go through. As far as I am aware it's just thrown all together and normally offered to council allottment holders
in the drought of 75, we saved all the water from our bath and Washing machine, the grass was beautiful, really dark green and lush.
I still use bath water for tubs and baskets.